Grain-stooker.



R. HAMMOND.

GRAIN STOOKBR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.18,1911.

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R. HAMMOND.

GRAIN STOOKER.

APPLIGATION FILED .TAN.1B,1911. l

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RICHARD HAMMOND, 0F WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

GRAIN-STOOKER.

Application filed January 18, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

serial No. 603,404.

To all 'whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, RICHARD HAMMOND, residing at the city of Winnipeg',in the Province of Manitoba, in the Dominion of Canada, farmer, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Grain-Stookers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to certain new and useful improvements ingrainstookers, wherein the stooker is attached to the binder, the objectbeing to provide a stooker which will receive and collect the requirednumber of tied or secured sheaves or bundles of graindirect from thebinder while in operation and automatically deposit, dump and set thesame up -in stocks or shocks of grain without having to tie the stook orstop the binder, the whole operation being performed and completed whilethe binder is in operation and motion; the novel construction andarrangement of the several parts being hereinafter more fully describedand specifically defined and set forth in the hereinafter mentionedclaims.

In the drawings and figures of reference marked thereon, which form partof the specification, like figures indicate like parts throughout theseveral views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig.3 is a vertical cross section view from rear of the machine. Fig. 4 is avertical longitudinal section of the machine looking from the wheelside, the broken lines indicating the receiver in reverse position.Fig'. 5 is a detached perspective view of the molding board andadjunctive parts.

Reference now being made to the accompanying drawings by numerals; l isa member rigidly attached to the binder frame below the deck andextending the full length thereof. Attached to 1 by hinges 2 is the mainframe of the stocking machine consisting of members 3, 4 and 5 (5 beingarched to clear the stook) 6 and 7 and counterframes 8 and 9. Attachedto counter-frames 8 and 9 by clevises 10 is an axle 11. Revolving onthis axle and supporting the outside of the frame is a wheel 12 havingattached to the inside of, and concentric with it, a cog-wheel 13.Carried on frame members 3 and 6, at such a height as to clear theground, by means of arms 14 and 15 operating in boxes 16 is a receiver17. Attached to the binder deck is a leaf 18 and hinged to this byhinges 19 is leaf 2O which extends to the binder side of receiver.Carried on frame members 3 and 6 in front of and close to the receiverby rod 21 operating in bearings 22 is a molding board 23. Hinged to therear side of 23 by means of hinges 24 and extending the full width of 23is a folding leaf 25, and hinged to the upper edge of Ythe leaf 25 byhinges 26 is another folding leaf 27 which extends the full width of theleaf 25, the lower edge of leaf 27 being cut in a curve as shown in Fig.3. Hinged to either side of 27 near its lower edge at 28 is a link 29the other end of which is hinged to either side of the receiver by meansof lug 30.

An automatic dumping-gear is provided as follows: Attached to arm 15 andclose to the outside of the frame member 6 is a cog-wheel 31. Hinged onarm 15 and close to the outer side of cog-wheel 31 is a frame 32.Attached to frame 32 is an axle 33. Revolving on axle 33 and meshingwith cogwheel 31 is another cog-wheel 34. Attached to free end of frame32 at 47 is a link 35 the other end of which link is hinged to lever 36at hinge 37. A lug 46 is provided on lever 36 which allows hinge 37 topass slightly to the rear of the straight line between hinges 47 and 38,thereby locking the dumping gear in position as shown in F ig. 1. Thislever 36 is hinged to frame member 6 by hinge 38. Attached to the upperend of lever 36 and extending inward toward receiver 17 is a pin 39.Hinged to the same end of 36 is a rod 40 which extends along and on topof frame member 6 to the front of the main frame where it is hinged tothe outside end of lever 41. Lever 41 is hinged at its middle point toframe member 4. Hinged to the inside end of lever 41 is a rod 42 whichextends along the front of the main frame and the front of the binderconnecting at its binder end with mechanism operated by the foot trip onthe binder. Connected to the free end of gear frame 32 is a tensionspring 43 the other' end of which spring is attached to frame member 6.Attached to the outer side of receiver 17 toward the front thereof is alug 48. Connected to the outside of receiver 17 on the binder-side at 44is a semi-circular rod 45, the center of the curve of rod 45 coincidingwith the center of arm 14. The rod 45 is used to push up the table orleaf 42.

lThe stooking machine being attached and secured to the side of andabreast with the binder, the mode of operating the same with the binderin motion at work may be described thus: The receiver being in theposition shown in Fig. 1 with cog-wheel 34 out of mesh with cog-wheel 13as described below the sheaves from the binder are carried over leaves18 and 20 and deposited into receiver 17. When the desired number ofsheaves are collected in receiver` 17 the operator by operating thefoot-trip on the binder brings the dumping gear into the position shownin Fig. 1. The motion of the wheel 12 and consequent motion of cogwheel13 is transmitted to cog-wheel 34 and by it to cog-wheel 31. Thisrevolves the receiver forward and over through half a revolutiondepositing the butt ends of the sheaves forming the stock, on the groundand at the same time extends molding leaves 25 and 27 downward andrearward, molding the stook, and when the stook is on the ground pushingagainst the upper part of the sheaves, forming the front of the stook,thereby counteracting the forward momentum of the upper part of thestook due to the forward motion of the binder and the stocking machineand consequent forward motion of the stook.

Just before receiver 17 attains the full half revolution as indicated bybroken lines on Fig. 4, lug 48 on the wheeleside of receiver 17 engagespin 39 releasing the trip mechanism by raising the upper end of lever 36and thus throwing hinge 37 into a position forward of the straight linebetween hinges 47 and 38 thereby allowing tension spring 43 to raiseframe 32, bringing cogwheel 34 out of mesh with cog-wheel 13 and thusstopping the revolution of the receiver, which by its own weightautomatically falls back into the position shown in Fig. 1 ready toreceive the sheaves from the binder for the next stock. During the halfrevolution of receiver 17 the semicircular rod 45 engages the lower edgeof leaf 20 raising it into position shown by broken lines in Fig. 3,thusy holding back any collected sheaf or sheaves from the binder madewhile the dumping operation is in progress; upon receiver 17 fallingback into the position shown in Fig. 1 leaf 2O is released and dropsinto original position again, thus allowing any sheaf or sheavescollected and retained to be deposited into the receiver.

' Being aware thatgrain stookers or shockers have been attached tobinders -for stooking grain, and that the same have been made with someparts somewhat similar in appearance to the parts of the stocker hereindescribed, I am not'aware that any grain stocker has been made, shown ordescribed the same as my invention herein is shown and described.Therefore, having described myinvention, I do not claim the inventionbroadly, but

What l do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is r- 1. Thecombination with a binding machine frame and the deck of said bindingmachine, of a stocking machine frame hinged to the binder frame at oneside, a counter frame carried by the stocking maL chine frame at theopposite side, a rotatable carriage wheel supporting the latter side ofthe stooker frame, a dumpable shock forming receiver carried by suitablearms pivotally mounted on the stooker frame and located to receivematerial passed over the deck aforesaid, a drive gear rotatable with thecarriage wheel, a gear wheelfixed on one of the arms adjacent the drivegear, a suspending frame pivotally mounted on the latter arm, an idlergear wheel carried by the latter frame and meshing with the gear wheelon the arm, a link pivotally secured to the suspending frame, a levercentrally pivoted to the frame one end of said lever being pivotallysecured to the link, a lug extending from the lever and engageable withthe link, a spring passing between the lower end of the suspending frameand the shocker frame, said lug acting as a stop for the lever to lockthe gears in engagement and said spring disengaging said gears when saidlever has been unlocked, means operated from the binder for shifting theupper end `of the lever to engage the idler and drive gears,l

and automatically operated means for shifting the upper end of the leverto disengage the idler and drive gears, immediately after the receiveris turned a half revolution as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a binding machine frame and the deck of saidbinding machine, of a stocking machine frame hinged to the binder frameat one side, a counter frame carried by the stocking machine'frame atthe opposite side, a rotatable carriage wheel supporting t-he latterside of the stocker frame, a dumpable shock forming receiver carried bysuitable arms pivotallymou'nted on the stocker frame and located toreceive material passed over the deck aforesaid, a drive gear rotatablewith the carriage wheel, a gear wheel fixed on one of the arms adjacentthe drive gear, a suspending frame pivotally mounted on the latter arm,an idler gear wheel carried by the latter frame andl meshing with thegear wheel on the arm, a trip mechanism operated from the binder, forengagingthe idler and drive gears, a lever for disengaging the idlergear wheel and main gears, a pin extending fromrthe upper end of thelever and toward the receiver, a pivoted molding board secured to thestocker frame forwardly, a pair of hinged leaves one of which ispivotally connected to the molding board, and links connecting one ofsaid leaves to the receiver, a lug on said receiver arranged to strikethe pin aforesaid and shift the lever to disengage the idler and drivegears, upon the receiver turning a half revolution as and for thepurpose specified.

3. The combination With a shocking machine frame and a receiverrotatably mounted on the frame, of a molding board carried by the framein advance of the receiver, a leaf pivotally secured to the moldingboard, a second leaf pivotally secured to the former leaf, and linksconnecting the second leaf to the receiver pivotally as and for thepurpose specified.

4. The combination with a shocking machine frame and a receiverrotatably mountn ed on the frame, of a pivotally mounted molding boardcarried by the frame in advance of the receiver, a leaf passing across,but contained Within the frame', and having the lower edge thereofpivotally secured to the molding board, a second depending leaf hingedto the upper edge of the former leaf, and links pivotally connecting thelovver edge of the second leaf to the receiver as and for the purposespecified.

Winnipeg, 10th January 1911.

RICHARD HAMMOND. Signed in the presence of RICHARD THOMAS, HENRY F.TENGH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

